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There were many advantages to the VW Beetle, but there was one big disadvantage when it came to traffic wardens

Sir, In the days before parking meters traffic wardens would patrol streets
where one was able to leave a car for a limited period. They judged the time
the car had been parked by feeling the bonnet. If it was cold, expect a
ticket. When the VW Beetle appeared on our streets many wardens were unaware
that the engine was at the rear (letters, Dec
3, 5,
7
and 10).
As a consequence the bonnet was always cold which resulted in tickets being
issued even if one had arrived just minutes earlier.

Sir, As a former council member and examiner for the Royal College of
Organists, may I endorse the proposal (letter,
Feb 28) that provision be made for a world-class pipe organ in a new
City of London concert hall